“The report letter Xu Heng provided to the police is no longer a secret. Many people who had taken Long Xiaotian’s dirty money are all very worried. As I said just now, if it is just a report letter, it will not be enough to prove anything. Only Xu Heng can identify the people who handled his younger sister’s case. Of course, it is unlikely that Xu Heng will turn himself in. Although we are not able to catch him at the moment, we can still try to dig out the truth using some other methods. But that would require time, and do you think that those people who are guilty will give us time? They will only think that as long as Xu Heng who at large is dead, many things can go away, then they will be safe…”


  I knew what Dong Xiaoye was going to say next, and Dong Xiaoye also guessed that I knew what she was going to say, so her expression became very unnatural.

  “In the eyes of many people, you are the person most likely to know Xu Heng’s whereabouts…” Seeing that I frowned, Dong Xiaoye waved her hand hurriedly, “don’t look at me like that, the entire task force, including Captain Lin and me has never suspected that you have any kind of relationship with Xu Heng. We have also recorded the statement of the people who saw you had a conflict with Zhang Mingjie in the back garden of the manor that day. They can all prove that you and Xu Heng only met that night, but this doesn’t mean that others will believe it.”


  What Dong Xiaoye said was reasonable. The suspicious nature of businessmen was not much better than that of women. Although the idea of getting rid of Xu Heng by killing him was a little naive, people who were forced to the dead-end would often not be able to think anything clearly.

  “The backgrounds of the people who had worked with Long Xiaotian before are not simple. The police also need a point to break through. Once someone did something to you, they would undoubtedly be exposed. It can be said that Xu Heng’s plan of making you become bait to lure out the big fish behind the scene has really helped the police in some sense, although it may cause harm to you…”


  I was speechless… I really didn’t know what evil deed I had done in my previous life that would make my luck in this life so bad…


  ‘God damn it! If I knew that Xu Heng was more insidious than I thought. I should’ve taken him down on the spot. Letting him go that day was really a foolish choice!’


  Dong Xiaoye cleared her throat, put on a straight face, and said, “I came to you to ask your opinions on behalf of the police. For your safety, the police proposed a protection plan tailored for you. They hope you can agree to it.”


  ‘A protection plan? And it is tailor-made for me? Only a fool would refuse it!’ I hurriedly said, “What plan?”


  “The plan is… that…” I didn’t know if it was my enthusiasm that scared Dong Xiaoye, she actually looked around in embarrassment. Her face blushed and she didn’t even dare to look at me in the eyes. “Captain Lin asked me… asked me… to pretend to be… pretend to be…”


  She said intermittently, and her voice was so low that it was like it was made by a mosquito. Unable to hear what she said clearly, I asked, “asked you what?”


  Sister Tiger fiddled with her fingers and said in a low voice, “he asked me to pretend to be your girlfriend…”


  “What did you say?” I had heard what she said, but I thought I had heard it wrong.

  “Captain Lin asked me to pretend to be your girlfriend!” Dong Xiaoye suddenly raised her voice and said angrily. “Are you deaf! Why do you have to make me say it twice! I’m a woman alright! Do you not know that it is very embarrassing for me to say this kind of thing!”


  “I’m just trying to make sure I heard it correctly. Why do you get angry all of sudden?”


  I didn’t know whether I should laugh or cry. While surprised, I also felt that this plan was too ridiculous. Before Dong Xiaoye had explained it in detail, the door of Chu Yuan’s room was suddenly opened, and the two girls came out of the room one after the other, “Elder Sister Xiaoye, what did you say? You are going to impersonate my elder brother’s girlfriend?!”


  As I expected these two curious bratty girls had been eavesdropping on our conversation. But they were also shocked when they heard what Dong Xiaoye said.

  Facing the disbelief and curious look on Chu Yuan’s face, Dong Xiaoye was so embarrassed that she jumped up from her chair hurriedly, “It’s an order, I also don’t want it!”


  Chu Yuan rushed to ask, “what kind of order is this? How can your superior ask a policewoman to pretend to be someone else’s girlfriend?”


  Dongfang little brat was relatively calm, “Is Elder Brother Nan in any danger? Will the leader of the gunmen come back to look for him? Yuan Yuan, didn’t you say that Elder Brother Nan shot him? He will certainly hold a grudge…”


  Chu Yuan’s face was pale with horror, and her voice trembled, “is it true? Elder Sister Xiaoye, is my elder brother in any danger? !”


  Their reactions made Dongfang panicked as well. After all, they were still kids. No matter how brave they usually showed, they would still be scared when facing the real criminals, especially the criminals with guns, “Elder Sister Xiaoye?”


  “Mhm…” Dong Xiaoye was at a loss when she was asked by the two girls. She could only reply vaguely, “that’s why I was sent to protect him…”


  Although this explanation was very vague, it was simple and easy to understand.

  I ignored the worried gazes of the two little girls and said to Dong Xiaoye, “are you really willing to take this kind of order? This kind of thing is not a joke.” What was Lin Zhi thinking? Even if I needed protection, there was no need to ask Dong Xiaoye to be my fake girlfriend, right? If Liusu found out about this, even if she would not get angry, she would definitely be jealous.

  “Who said I am willing to take this order? I also hope that it is just a prank!” Dong Xiaoye took out her dissatisfaction on me and said fiercely, “Captain Lin said that I have the right to refuse, provided that I first hand in a letter of resignation! Otherwise, do I need to discuss it with you? Chu Nan, as long as you object to it, Captain Lin will have nothing to say.”


  After hearing Dong Xiaoye say this, I calmed down. “Why does he want you to pretend to be my girlfriend?” I thought for a second and asked.

  “How would I know? Maybe something is wrong with his head!” Dong Xiaoye replied in a huff. She glanced at Chu Yuan and Dongfang, realizing that she had lost control of her temper. She sighed, calmed her tone, and said, “Captain Lin said that it is best for me to protect you. That night in Crouching Dragon Mountain Resort, many people saw us dance with each other, and then when you also saved me at gunpoint. Secondly, if someone is really targeting you, they definitely would have already found out that I have been sending you to the hospital every day. Our relationship has probably been misunderstood by many people. So we can take advantage of this misunderstanding…”


  In front of Chu Yuan and Dongfang Lianren, Dong Xiaoye said very carefully, but when she talked about our relationship being misunderstood, her face turned red uncontrollably.

  Just when I was wondering why Chu Yuan and Dongfang frowned like me, I heard Dong Xiaoye continue, “if someone thinks that it is just a coincidence that you have a girlfriend who is a policewoman, it will increase the chance of them exposing themselves. This is also very likely to happen. Otherwise, the second young master of the Long family would not file a complaint against me when they just want to give you a hard time… You understand what I mean, right?”


  Of course, I knew what Dong Xiaoye was talking about, but I still couldn’t help but sarcastically say, “no matter whether I agree to it or not, the police will still use me as bait, right?

  Dong Xiaoye didn’t care about my mockery, and said lightly, “if the police don’t intervene, you think you will not become a bait? If you really want to blame, then blame Xu Heng, all of this was designed by him.”


  What she said was true, so I didn’t know how to refute her. Xu Heng was a murder. He killed Long Xiaotian to avenge what he had done to his family. He would die if he was caught by the police, so of course, he would not turn himself in to testify against the police who had been bribed by Long Xiaotian.

  Therefore, he deliberately made everyone misunderstand that he had been working with me. With this suspicious relationship, I became the target of those dirty police officers. In this way, it would be much easier for those people hiding behind the scene to expose themselves. It turned out that everything Xu Heng said to me that night was a lie. It was just a lie to get him what he wanted. He didn’t try to save me, he was just trying to use me. Even if without me, he would also use some other people to continue his plan.

  To be honest, I did not have the guts to refuse the police protection, although I knew in my heart that Lin Zhi did not 100% believe that I had nothing to do with Xu Heng. The reason why he sent Dong Xiaoye to protect me was probably also to keep an eye on me……